Strange phenomenon scares
the city of Itatira, Ceará
In early June, dozens of
youths felt sick in a school
of Itatira, countryside of
Ceará, after a supposed
vision of the spirit of a
dead colleague. They went
into a trance and many had
to be taken to hospital.
This is the theme of this
week’s editorial entitled
The phenomenon of Itatira
and the prophecy of Joel.
Among the highlights of this
edition, we would like to
call attention to the
interview conceded by Nelli
Bocca Lorenzo Machado, from
Bauru (SP) to our colleague
Wellington Balbo. Nelli
coordinates the Spiritist
youth group and she is very
participative and active in
the Spiritist movement in
the region of Bauru, Nelli
speaks in interview about
her work and some relevant
topics about the spiritist
youth.
Another highlight of the
week is conclusion of the
special from
Washington Luiz N. Fernandes,
from Sao Paulo (SP), about
the psychographic work of
Divaldo Franco.
The confrere Adjair
Fernandes de Faria, from
Uberlândia (MG), has visited
Londrina (Parana state) with
his bus-bookstore, which
displays the name of Chico
Xavier. One of the locations
visited was the nearby city
of Cambé, which has been
receptive to the work of
our colleague, as he
describes in a report which
is also one of the
highlights of the week.
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It was in July 1869, which
appeared in the Journal
Echo beyond the grave, a
periodical edited in
Salvador, the first
publication in Portuguese of
the spiritist doctrine in
Brazil, since, until then,
all available literature was
in French.
His publisher, editor and
distributor was Luis Olimpio
Teles de Menezes.